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===21st century=== As one of the largest [[urban area]]s in the United Kingdom without [[City status in the United Kingdom|city status]], Reading has unsuccessfully bid for city status four times β in 2000 to celebrate the new millennium; in 2002 to celebrate the [[Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II]]; in 2012 for [[Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II|the Diamond Jubilee]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Largest Towns without City Status|url=http://www.lovemytown.co.uk/CityStatus/CityStatusTable2.asp|work=LoveMyTown.co.uk|access-date=20 June 2011|archive-date=17 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717135616/http://www.lovemytown.co.uk/CityStatus/CityStatusTable2.asp|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=lovemytown>{{cite web | url = http://www.lovemytown.co.uk/Populations/index.htm | title = Population overview | work = LoveMyTown.co.uk | access-date = 6 July 2006 | archive-date = 2 July 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060702073243/http://www.lovemytown.co.uk/Populations/index.htm | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Towns that have recently applied for City Status|url=http://www.lovemytown.co.uk/CityStatus/CityStatusTable3.asp|work=LoveMyTown.co.uk|access-date=20 June 2011|archive-date=3 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903134040/http://www.lovemytown.co.uk/CityStatus/CityStatusTable3.asp|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Reading submits 2012 city status bid|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-13571586|work=[[BBC News]]|location=London|access-date=21 June 2011|date=27 May 2011|archive-date=30 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530081702/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-13571586|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2022 to mark [[Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II|the Platinum Jubilee]].<ref name="RBC City Status 2021">{{cite web |title=Reading Submits City Bid Today |url=https://media.reading.gov.uk/news/reading-submits-its-city-bid-today |website=Reading Borough Council News |date=7 December 2021 |access-date=7 December 2021 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207101206/https://media.reading.gov.uk/news/reading-submits-its-city-bid-today |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BBC 61505857">{{cite news |title=Platinum Jubilee: Eight towns to be made cities for Platinum Jubilee |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61505857 |access-date=20 May 2022 |work=BBC News |date=20 May 2022 |archive-date=19 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519233708/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61505857 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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